Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30

Her biscuits may not always be just
right and she may occasionally burn her
bread and forget to replace dislocated
buttons but for solid comfort all day
and every day she is a very paragon.
Home is not a battlefield, nor the one
unbending row. The trick of always
seeing the bright side or, if the matter
has no bright side Of shining up the
bright side is a very important faculty;
one OF the things no woman should be
without. We are not all born with the
sunshine in our hearts, as the Irish
prettily phrase it, but we can cultivate
a cheerful sense of humor if we only try.
SOUND ADVICE.
The New England Farmer gives the
following sound advice: IF you are a
young farmer and a young wife, just
starting in the world together, and only
your hands and brains to solve the prob
lem of life with. then pull. sing, play
and economic together, that you may
get out Of the ruts' and be able in mid
die and declining life to extract a little
honey from the passing hours. Try to
make home cheerful and happy. Give
some time to reading and intellectual
pursuits, for they will be to you and
your children richer and more endur-
ing heritage than fine orchards and
vineyards. Keep your home out of the
mortgagor's clutches; be honest, tenn
perate and independent, and you will
live long and die happy
SHEEP PROFITABLE.
There is no sort of live stock grow
ing in value, now faster than good
sheep. Are you going to try few
to make some mutton and give the
family rest from the regulation salt
pork they have about 365 days in the
year; to eat down the briars and fence
corner weeds; to leave little of the
best fertilizer here and there where it
will do the most good, and to raise
some staple wool that is ripe for the
market and will spot cash into the
family exchecquer at a time of year
when scarcely anything else does.
Live Stock Indicator.
HoUsEKEEPER's SCRAP BOOK.
To remove Ink Stains. Ink stains
ere very easily removed if put imme-
diately in milk and slightly rubbed for
a few minutes. If allowed to dry they
are not SO easily removed, but can be,
by little more effort.
To Remove Blood Stains.-Blood
stains can be removed from an article
that you do not care to wash by apply
ing a thick paste, made of starch and
cold water. Place in the sun, and rub
off in couple of hours, repeat the pro-
cess and soon it disappears.
To Remove Fruit Stains.-Hold the
goods stained over a vessel in such
way that pouring water on the opposite
side of the stain it will run through the
goods, and in short time the stain will
be seen to disappear.
To Remove Mildew.-Soaka and wash
the spots in sour milk and you will have
no trouble in removing the same.
To Remove Iron Rust.-Place
bright tin, pour over q kettle steaming
with boiling water. Moisten the goods
with water and hold the iron rust spots
closely to the tin and rub them with OK
alic acid. AS soon as you see the rust
disappear, rinse in cold water to re-
move the acid, as it tends to rot the
goods, but if the process is performed
quickly there is no danger of this.
To Wash Cotton Goods.-To wash
cotton goods containing black figure,
pour boiling suds on the goods and let
it stand for few minutes. This sets
the color, and when neatly washed and
ironed, instead of faded garment, you
have one as bright and fresh as when
first made. Ginghams and prints of
various colors will hold their color bet
ter if washed in water thickened with
flour starch. Flour is very cleansing
and will do the work of soap, without
injury to bright colors, in one or two
Washings.
To Clean Lace.-Fill bottle with
cold water; draw a stocking tightly
over It'll securing both ends firmly. Lace
the lace smoothly over the stocking
and tack closely. Put the bottle in a
kettle of cold water containing few
shavings Of soap, and place over the fire
to boil. Rinse in several waters and then
drain and dry. When dry remove and
place smoothly in a large book and
press with weights. Very nice lace
can be made to look like new by this
process.
Care of Silk.--Never use a brush; it in
jures the goods. Instead wipe earthly
with the face of a soft piece of velvet.
Shake the velvet occasionally and wipe
between every plat if you would pre-
serve your garment and have it retain
its new look.-Good Housekeeping.
KITCHEN NOTES.
Old potatoes thicken yeast more than
new ones.
Some one has estimated that one bar
rel of flour will last one person a year.
It is an open question whether the
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